Vehicle-body.



No. 820,343. PATENTED MAY 8, 1906.

w. H. F. BLUME.

VEHICLE BODY.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 24.1905.

A'TTEST? l5 INvE T R.

W'LLJ'AMH-F-BLUME, I ATT'Y's WILLIAM H. F. BLUME, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

VEHICLE-BODY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 8, 1906.

Applicatiqn filed July 24:, 1905. Serial N0. 271,059.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. F. BLUME,

a citizen of the United States, and a resident of St. Louis, Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vehicle- Bodies, of which the following is a specification containing a full, clear, and exact description, reference-being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates generally to vehiclebodies, and more particularly to a transformable vehicle-body or a body so constructed as that a vehicle-body of the Stanhope pattern may be transformed into a y invention consists in a Stanhope body, swinging brackets carried by the rear end of said Stanhope body, a coup body adapted to be arranged against the Stanhope body upon said brackets, and a suitable fastening device for securing the two bodies together.

To the above purposes my invention'further consists in certain new and novel features of construction and arrangement of arts, that-will be hereinafter more fully set orth, pointed out in my claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved ,body. Fig.4 is avertica section taken on the line 4 40f Fig. 3.

Referringby numerals to the accompanying drawings, 1 indicates the body of aStanhope, which is of the usual well-known construction, provided at its lower end with a horizontally-arranged rearwardly-extending frame 2 and with the usual seat 3, back 4, hood 5, and foot-rest 6. These parts are all of well-known common construction, and therefore need not be described in detail.

An L-shaped bracket 7 is secured by means of a hinge 8 at the outer end of its horizontal arm to the top of its extended frame 2, and said bracket is adapted to s g u wardly and rearwardly, as indicated by tl e dotted line A, Fig. 1, so that its vertical arm, which normally rests against the rear of the Stanhope body 1, assumes a horizontal position, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1 and the solid lines in Fig. 2.

The coup portion of the vehicle comrises the body 9, in each side of which 1s ormed the usual window 10 and there being the usual hinged door 11 on each side of said body, the back 12, and the top 13. The under side of the body 9 is made erfectly flat,

and when the vehicle is trans ormed into a coup said body rests directly upon the bracket 7. The door 11 of the coup-body is detachably secured to said body by means of suitable hinges 14, and when desired the doors may be entirely removed from the coup-body and the vehicle will then be transformed into an 0 en coup or surrey. Fixed to the edges of t e Stanhope body 5 is a drip-molding 15, and fOIIlZGd in this molding on the rear side of the top 5 is a series of elongated apertures, such as 16, Figs. 3 and 4. Rigidly secured to the under side of the edge of the top 13 of the coup-body is a transversely-arranged stri 17, in which is rotatably' seated a series 0 locking-bolts 18, the inner ends 19 of which are bent at right angles to the body portion and are adapted to enter the slots 16 when the coup-body is mounted on the Stanhope body. That portion of each bolt 18 that extends outwardly through the strip 17 is screw-threaded and adapted to receive a winged nut 20. The extreme outer end 21 ofthe bolt is made square in order to receive a suitable tool for rotating the bolt 18 to turn the bent end 19 thereof upwardly or downwardly. When my im- 1proved vehicle-body is arranged as a Stanope, the coup-body is detached from said Stanhope body and the bracket 7 is swung forwardly into the position as seen in Fig. 1, and it has the appearance of a piece of molding or fancy bracket, and it serves the purose of an ornamental part of the Stanhope body. When the body is. transformed into a coup, the bracket 7 is swung upwardly and tightened upon said bolts against the strip 17 to ri idly-retain them in locked ositions. This orms a very complete coup of neat and finished appearance and which can be readily unllocked and detached from the Stanhope b0 y.

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and supported by the bracket; substantially as speci 'ed.

3. A vehicle-body comprising a Stanhope body, a bracket hinged to the rear side of said Stanhope body, a coupe-body ada ted to'be positioned against the rear side 0 the Stanhope body upon the bracket, and locking devices for securing the bodies together; substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in presence of tWo subscribing Witnesses.

WILLIAM H. F. BLUME. Witnesses:

M. P. SMITH,

detachably secured to the Stanhope body E. M. HARRINGTON. 

